Privacy Policy

What Information is Collected:
“Personal Information” is information in any form which can be attributed to an identifiable individual, but does not include business contact information, such as your name, title or position, business address, telephone number, facsimile number, or e-mail address. Novate Business & Immigration Law (“Novate”) is committed to maintaining the accuracy, security, and privacy of your Personal Information.

Novate collects and maintains different types of Personal Information in respect of individuals and businesses with whom Novate interacts. In addition to collecting addresses, telephone numbers, and email addresses, Novate will collect information about the legal work you need assistance with. 

Novate may also collect market-related information, which may include Personal Information, concerning market trends and activities impacting Novate’s business and information related to media and public relations activities. 

Website Visitors:
For visitors to Novate’s Website, Novate may use cookies to collect non-personal information such as the type of Internet browser and operating system used by you, the domain name of the website from which you came, the date and duration of your visit, number of visits, average time spent on this Web site, IP address associated with your computer, pages viewed and number of cookies accumulated. Cookies are small browser features stored on the hard-drive of your computer which are used to track and collect information concerning your visit to our Website. This information is only used for the technical performance of the Website (including but not limited to ensuring the security of the Website).

How Novate Uses Your Personal Information:
Novate collects personal information to enable Novate to manage and develop its business and operations, including: to establish, maintain and manage relations with you so that we may provide you with, or receive from you, the products and services that have been requested; to be able to review the services that Novate provides to you so that Novate may understand your requirements for legal services and so that Novate may work to improve service provision; to be able to inform you of services Novate offers, other than those that you have specifically requested, including sending you information promoting Novate’s other services; to be able to comply with your requests (for example, if you prefer to be contacted at a business or residential telephone number or e-mail address and advise Novate of your preference, Novate will use this information to contact you at that number or e-mail address); to protect Novate against error, fraud, theft and damage to goods and property; to enable Novate to comply with applicable law or regulatory requirements; and any other reasonable purpose to which you consent. 

Novate will not disclose your Personal Information to any third party to enable them to market their products and services. Where Novate is permitted to disclose your Personal Information to third parties, Novate will ensure that such third parties protect your Personal Information and use it only for the purposes that Novate instructs them to use it for.

Use of Electronic Communications:
Novate would like from time to time to send commercial electronic communications (such as emails), with publications, announcements, event invitations, and other information, to subscribers, individuals with whom Novate has a commercial relationship, and individuals with whom Novate has a business or personal relationship. If you have not already provided Novate with such consent and wish to receive or continue to receive such communications from Novate, please feel free to contact Novate by email at info@novatelegal.ca  If you wish to withdraw your consent at any time please feel free to contact Novate by email at info@novatelegal.ca.

Changes to this Policy:
Novate reserves the right, from time to time, to amend or change this Privacy Policy by posting such revisions to this Web site. Changes to this Privacy Policy will be effective upon posting. In the event that any amendment affects the purpose(s) for which Novate collects, uses or discloses your Personal Information, Novate will obtain any additional consent required from you under applicable privacy laws.